Basic Laboratory Techniques in Pharmacy and Biomedicinal Sciences

Numbering Code G-PHA01 51208 LJ86 Year/Term 2022 ・ Irregular, First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year 1st year master's students Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period
Instructor name YAMASHITA FUMIYOSHI (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor)
TAKAKURA YOSHINOBU (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor)
KANEKO SHIYUUJI (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor)
TERADA TOMOHIRO (Kyoto University Hospital Professor)
SHIRAKAWA HISASHI (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Professor)
NAKAGAWA TAKAYUKI (Kyoto University Hospital Associate Professor)
HIGUCHI YURIKO (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Professor)
TAKAHASHI YUUKI (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course (Aim) This course offers lectures and experiments to students majoring in pharmaceutical sciences or pharmacology in the master's program. Students will learn the basic experimental techniques needed to carry out research in pharmaceutics and pharmacological fields.
(Summary) Through lectures and practical training, students will learn about the basic experimental techniques they will need when carrying out research in pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacology, including evaluation methods for pharmacological effects and evaluation methods for the in vivo kinetics of drugs.
Course Goals ・To learn about the basic experiment techniques needed to carry out research in pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacology, and gain the knowledge and technical skills to conduct one's own research.
Schedule and Contents (1)-(6) State of experiment techniques in pharmacy and biomedical science
・Handling technologies and the safe handling of compounds
・Handling technologies and the safe handling of microorganisms
・Handling technologies and the safe handling of animals
・Experiment techniques related to and the safe handling of recombinant DNA
・Handling technologies and the safe handling of radioisotopes
・Practical utilization skills for the Internet and databases
・Disposal of waste and drainage, and environmental considerations
(7) Animal experiment techniques used in the evaluation of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of pharmaceuticals
(8) Mechanism analysis and quantitative assessment of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of pharmaceuticals
(9) DDS preparation procedures used in the control of pharmacokinetics
(10) Experiment procedures for experiments on animals and cultured cell lines that are used to evaluate pharmacokinetic control technology
(11) Experiment procedures used in neuronal cell death analysis and drug efficacy evaluation studies
(12) Specific examples and experiment methods for cultured cell experiments and slice culture experiments
(13) Electrophysiological experiment procedures for ion channel and receptor function analysis
(14) Fundamentals and applications of molecular biology experiment operations
(15) Supplementary class and discussion
Evaluation Methods and Policy Students will be comprehensively evaluated based on lecture and practical training attendance, and subject reports assigned based on lecture and experiment content.
Course Requirements None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Students should use the Internet to read up on class topics before each class. Students should also note that they will be assigned reports based on the class content, and these will be used as a basis for performance evaluation.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Others; printouts will be distributed where appropriate.
References, etc. Others; may be specified according to class content.
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